More Graeco-Roman mummies, painted wooden sarcophagi, jewellery and papyri have been unearthed (found) by our friends from The Russian-American team at Deir el-Banat, Southern Fayoum:
Mais mumias Greco-Romanas, sarcofagos de madeira pintada, joias e papiros foram desenterrados (descobertos) pelos nossos amigos da equipa Russa-Americana em Deir el-Banat, Sul do Fayum:
Between 1980 and 1995 the necropolis was the site of major excavations by the Egyptian Antiquities Authority, now the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA). A collection of intact Roman burials were discovered along with disturbed Coptic graves containing bones and skulls. The necropolis was then neglected until 2002 when a joint Russian-American mission was given permission to conduct excavations and an anthropological survey.
Entre 1980 e 1995 a necropole foi alvo de excavacoes das Autoridades Egipcias, agora Supremo Conselho de Antiguidades (SCA). Uma coleccao de tumulos Roamanos intactos foi descoberta assim como sepulturas Coptas contendo ossos. A necropole foi depois negligenciada ate 2002 quando a equipa Russa-Americana teve permissao de conduzir excavacoes e estudos antropologicos.
The Russian team's website:
The human and other materials found at the site are being kept at Kom Hushim (Karanis)Museum at the Fayoum:
The Fayoum website:
